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Arthur St. Clair report to Thomas Jefferson

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Mr Jefferson
Phila March 19 th[superscript] 1790
Sir
By the Treaty of Fort Mc Intosh the lands
contained within the following Boundary were attached -
to the Wyandots & Delawares, and the [written above] Ottawas who were in actual
Occupation; very beginning at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
and running up the same to the portage between that and
the Tuscawaras branch of Muskingham; then down that
Branch to the Forks at the [illegible]place above Fort Lawrence;
thence westerly to the portage on that branch of the big
Miami which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth of which
branch the fort stood which was taken by the French in
1752; thence along the said Portage to the great Miami
or Omie River, and down the southeast side of the
same to its mouth; thence along the south shore of lake
Erie to the mouth of Cuyahoga it seems to have been
assumed as a principle that the whole of the Country
was the property of the united States, and, by that
Treaty, they gave to the Indians the land [illegible] _
contained [carrot mark] and the lands lying East West & south were relinquished to the [written above carrot mark] united states [written below carrot mark] there are also certain reservations within
those boundaries, which are declared to be to the [illegible]
under the government of the United States _ but by the 7th
article the general principle seems to have been departed
from and the country west and north west of the Miami
of the lakes considered as the property of the Indians the [crossed out]
exception [crossed out] By the Treaty oat Muskinghhum the same Bounda
ries were confirmed with a small variation, which as I
have not the Treaty by me, I cannot point out, and [illegible]
lands laying without the Boundaries were sold and _
confirmed to the united States; at the same time as [illegible]
declaration was made by the Wyandots that the country to -
the

Mr Jefferson
Phila March 19 th[superscript] 1790
Sir
By the Treaty of Fort Mc Intosh the lands
contained within the following Boundary were attached -
to the Wyandots & Delawares, and the [written above] Ottawas who were in actual
Occupation; very beginning at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
and running up the same to the portage between that and
the Tuscawaras branch of Muskingham; then down that
Branch to the Forks at the [illegible]place above Fort Lawrence;
thence westerly to the portage on that branch of the big
Miami which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth of which
branch the fort stood which was taken by the French in
1752; thence along the said Portage to the great Miami
or Omie River, and down the southeast side of the
same to its mouth; thence along the south shore of lake
Erie to the mouth of Cuyahoga it seems to have been
assumed as a principle that the whole of the Country
was the property of the united States, and, by that
Treaty, they gave to the Indians the land [illegible] _
contained [carrot mark] and the lands lying East West & south were relinquished to the [written above carrot mark] united states [written below carrot mark] there are also certain reservations within
those boundaries, which are declared to be to the [illegible]
under the government of the United States _ but by the 7th
article the general principle seems to have been departed
from and the country west and north west of the Miami
of the lakes considered as the property of the Indians the [crossed out]
exception [crossed out] By the Treaty oat Muskinghhum the same Bounda
ries were confirmed with a small variation, which as I
have not the Treaty by me, I cannot point out, and [illegible]
lands laying without the Boundaries were sold and _
confirmed to the united States; at the same time as [illegible]
declaration was made by the Wyandots that the country to -
the